rural and urban broadband access, brown county project # 2440

Rural and Urban Broadband Access, Brown County Project # 2440

Request for Information (RFI) For

Brown County

Rural and Urban Broadband Access

Project # 2440

Posting Date: June 8, 2021

Response Deadline: July 15, 2021 11:00 AM Local Time CDT

To:

Brown County Purchasing


Brown County Request for Information (RFI)

To be competitive in the 21st century, broadband access is essential. Brown County views Internet access as a prerequisite core service, like water, electricity and gas. Internet access is critical to: grow business, improve education, deliver healthcare and provide an equal opportunity for success across all communities.

Brown County’s seeks to improve rural and urban broadband access. Currently, urban residents have fair to good internet, but some rural residents have poor to no service. The goal of the RFI is to examine ways to eliminate the digital divide between urban and rural areas along with enhanced broadband needed to attract residents and businesses to Brown County. The RFI may or may not be used to select a single or multiple County broadband partner.

Brown County is requesting information to prepare for possible HR1319 ARPA (American Recovery Plan Act) funding pending Board and Executive approval, and other possible state and federal grants.

Brown County is requesting information regarding solutions to improve High Speed Internet throughout all of Brown County. The scope and details are noted below.

1. Statement of Qualification a) Provide summary of Providers market presence. The Provider must indicate at least three references

(please provide names, phone number and e-mails of references) for the provision of similar services. b) Provider must meet responsible bidder requirements.

2. Service Areas

a) Provide map and geographical boundaries of broadband deserts and underserved broadband areas within Brown County. (Per Treasury Guidelines: Unserved & underserved is 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload or less).

b) Per Treasury Guidelines: Coverage area may not include locations that have existing agreements to build reliable wireless service with minimum speeds of 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload by December 31, 2024.

c) Must document the method used to determine underserved areas.

3. Qualification Requirements: a) Provider must provide an explanation of how they propose to accomplish the project outcome within the

stated timeframe. The proposal should include task-by task detail, including milestones that will require review and input from the Broadband planning team. Provide a timeline that shows the planned starting time and duration of each task in your scope of work. Provide a table that shows your firm’s cost for the service, listed by task.

b) Provide a 3 phase multiple year approach to brining service to non-served and under-served areas with the following guidelines:

i. Revenue sharing agreement must be included, which will be used for expansion of Phase 2 and Phase 3 along with providing revenue sharing to cover county operational costs. (Per Treasury Guidelines: prioritizing support for broadband networks owned, operated by, or affiliated with local governments, non-profits, and co-operatives-providers with less pressure to turn profits and with a commitment to serving entire communities.


ii. Provide county owned fiber to County 911 towers and [GPS locations] – or - Optionally 911 towers as wi-fi, or alternative options for fiber (map) partnering on fiber install.

c) Provide fiber or wi-fi service to county property & assets (see Attachment 1 list) d) Provide fiber to County Southern Landfill and

i. 1258 Mill Road Greenleaf WI 54126 e) Provider may optionally use county owned property as locations for Wi-fi towers location f) Use or maximize use of existing County fiber g) Provide county owned fiber to Municipal partners buildings (they will have the option use provider

infrastructure or WiscNet Service. Municipality may forgo fiber for broadband wi-fi service. Separate cost estimate for fiber run for municipality if they select that option).

h) Provide county owned fiber to School District partners building (they will have the option use provider infrastructure or WiscNet Service. School District may forgo fiber for broadband wi-fi service. Separate cost estimate for fiber run for School District if they select that option).

i) Provide coverage to non-served areas by Phase 1 in one year. j) Provide coverage to underserved areas by Phase 3. k) Fiber routes should maximize and allow for connection to businesses and non-profits for service. l) Fiber and/or publicly owned towers, must be publicly bid and will be owned by Brown County. Additional

alternatives may be included. m) Use of County 911 Towers require county or property owners consent to place wi-fi, or additional

equipment. n) Provide 10 year budget projection for each phase o) Proposal must have total fixed cost included. p) Provide life expectancy of components and replacement financing plan q) Provide customer pricing model and other associated costs for service (Per Treasury Guidelines: integrate

affordability options into program designs.) r) All data transmitted on County Operated Fiber is property of Brown County

4. Technical Requirements:

a) Provider must allow VPN traffic. b) The provider must have 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days coverage for technical assistance

and/or helpdesk facilities. c) ISP Uptime of more than 99% d) All optical fiber cables and cable plants shall be tested for insertion loss using Electronic Industries

Alliance/Telecommunication Industries Association (EIA/TIA) Standards EIA/TIA 526-14 or EIA/TIA 526-7 e) OTDR Testing: The Applicant will be required to test all fiber segments with an optical time domain

reflect-o-meter. The tests performed are to verify the quality of the installation and for establishing baseline data for future troubleshooting. However, it shall not be used as a measurement of the light loss of the cable. OTDR measurements should follow procedures outlined in EIA/TIA 455-59, -60, and -61.

f) The County reserves the right to verify through separate testing the Applicant’s test data submitted. g) The Provider must guarantee that the maximum packet loss within their infrastructure does not exceed

1%. h) Provider must not use Throttling or Data Caps with the exception of Voice/Video QOS. i) Provider must guarantee initial diagnostics and response within the first 4 hours of an unexpected

outage j) Share minimum and maximum backhaul ratios also referred to as oversubscription ratios for the

proposed services. Number maximum number of people expected at a specific speed – normally measured in oversubscription of 50:1 or 200:1 as an example.

k) Provider Service Performance – provide costs per service level


i. (per Treasury Guidelines: reliability meets or exceeds symmetrical upload and download speeds of 100 Mps. Unless impractical due to geographical, topographical, or financial constraints may permit upload speeds of between at least 20 MPS and 100 Mps.)

ii. Optimal is 1000 down and 100 up iii. If 100 Mps is not achievable, provider must provide evidence.

l) Provider Service Latency i. Optimal 20ms

ii. Base is 40ms iii. Minimum is under 60ms

m) RFC 2544 benchmark testing or equivalent. Test should benchmark throughput, latency, and frame loss at multiple frame sizes to ensure performance is within specifications. All test results will be documented and delivered to the County. The County reserves the right to test any and all network services to verify quality standards are met.

i. The provider must provide a peering diagram listing its current and planned connectivity capacity, distribution points, as well as peers.

ii. Describe failover, alternate routing or fallback arrangements for continuity of service (if any), should their primary link(s) to the Internet fail.

iii. Provide publicly accessible performance monitoring information n) Quote cost per mile for 432 strand fiber, completed including permits, right of way, engineering, dig,

terminations and testing.

Direct questions regarding this RFI to.

Dale C. DeNamur, CPPB [email protected] Office: (920) 448-4049 Brown County Purchasing, Senior Buyer Northern Building 5th Floor 305 E. Walnut Street, Green Bay, WI 54301

Any questions and resulting answers will be shared with all respondents.

mailto:[email protected]


Attachment 1: County Locations

Brown County Sites and Locations Connection Status Address 1. 911 Tower – New Franken FIBER REQUIRED 4779 Champion Rd (T/Scott)

2. 911 Tower- Denmark FIBER REQUIRED 6225 Wanek Rd (T/Denmark (LEASED TOWER)

3. 911 Tower- Greenleaf FIBER REQUIRED 6225 CTH PP (T/Holland)

4. 911 Tower- Oneida *FIBER IN PROGRESS*

N8085 CTH U (T/Oneida) In progress part of Highway 29 interchange

5. 911 Tower- Pulaski FIBER REQUIRED Flintville – 3923 CTH B (T/Pittsfield) 6. 911 Tower- Scrays Hill * FIBER REQUIRED 4070 CTH X (T/Glenmore)

7. 911 Tower Cofrin

Fiber installed to that floor of building, but not connected to radio system

Building will be coming down May require NEW LOCATION if no fiber

8. Bayview Manor OPEN 1501 N Irwin Ave, GB 9. Bridge- Main Street OPEN Cellular and microwave today 10. Bridge- Mason Street OPEN Cellular and microwave today 11. Bridge- Walnut Street OPEN Cellular and microwave today

12. Family Center (HHS) OPEN 1076 Saint Agnes Dr, Green Bay, WI 54304

13. Golf Course OPEN

897 Riverdale Dr, Hobart, WI 14. Green Bay Austin Straubel

Airport Hangers OPEN

15. Highway - Greenleaf Shop OPEN

Currently cellular hotspot? 16. Highway- Denmark Shop

(Langes Corners) OPEN ?

Currently cellular hotspot?

17. Library - Denmark OPEN 450 N Wall St, Denmark, WI 54208

(location moving)

18. Library - Pulaski OPEN

222 W Pulaski St, Pulaski, WI 54162

19. Library - Wrightstown OPEN 615 Main St, Wrightstown, WI 54180 20. Our Place (HHS) OPEN 1501 N Irwin St, Green Bay WI 54302

21. Parks Bay Shore Park OPEN 5637 Sturgeon Bay Road, New Franken WI

54229 22. Parks Eagles Nest OPEN

23. Parks Fonferek Glen

2825 Dutchman Road, Ledgeview

24. Parks Lily Lake

3897 Lily Lake Road, Green Bay WI 54311


Brown County Sites and Locations Connection Status Address

25. Parks Pamperin

OPEN

2801 County Rd RK, Green Bay WI 54303

26. Parks Rifle Range

2024 Lakeview Drive Suamico, WI 54173

27. Parks St. Francis Park

1540 Riverside Drive, Green Bay WI 54301

28. Parks Suamico Boat Landing

777 Sunset Beach Road, Suamico WI 54173

29. Parks Way Morr

3832 Park Road, Greenleaf WI 54126

30. Parks Wequiock

3426 Bay Settlement Road 31. PRR- Mason St Landfill

Solid Waste (transfer station)

OPEN

3734 West Mason Street, Hobart

32. PRR- New Landfill down by Wrightstown FIBER REQUIRED

1258 Mill Road Greenleaf WI 54126 1gb up/down due to cameras and data transfer

* Prime site for 911 radio towers. Highest priority for fiber hookup.


Attachment 2: Municipal Locations

1. Town of Eaton, town hall 3063 County Hwy T Green Bay, WI 54311

2. Town of Humboldt, 5500 Humboldt Rd Green Bay, Wisconsin 54311

3. Town of Glenmore, 5718 Dickinson Rd

4. Town of Green Bay, 5999 County Rd K

5. Town of Hobart Public Works building leg off Highway 29 project

6. Town of Holland, town hall 1671 Hill Rd. Greenleaf, WI 54126

7. Town of Lawrence, 2400 Shady Ct, De Pere, WI 54115

8. Town of Ledgeview, 3700 Dickinson Road De Pere WI 54115

9. Town of Morrison, 3792 Park Rd.

10. Town of New Denmark, 5531 W. Town Hall Road

11. Town of Pittsfield, 4135 County Rd C

12. Town of Scott, 2621 Jody Dr

13. Town or Rockland, 1712 Bob-Bea-Jan Rd, De Pere, WI 54115

14. Village of Denmark, 118 E. Main St. P.O. Box 310 Denmark, WI 54208

15. Village of Hobart Town Hall, 2990 S Pine Tree Road

16. Village of Pulaski, 600 E Glenbrook Dr, Pulaski, WI 54162

17. Oneida Nation (TBD)

** all remaining already have fiber

Schools

1. Denmark Elementary, Middle and High Schools (TBD)

2. Lannoye Elementary School (short leg to hook up to highway 29 project) 2007 County Rd U Green Bay, WI 54313

3. Wrightstown School District Wrightstown High School, 600 High Street

4. Pulaski School District (TBD)


Attachment 2: PSC Map Source: https://maps.psc.wi.gov/apps/WisconsinBroadbandMap/

https://maps.psc.wi.gov/apps/WisconsinBroadbandMap/


Attachment 3: Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Map Source https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/0b324cabf7b94d9ca34caa9361122d94/

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/0b324cabf7b94d9ca34caa9361122d94/


Attachment 4: Brown County Broadband Planning Map This map provides possible fiber routes, 911 tower locations, school maps and overlay information, business districts, TIF zones, municipal boundaries, municipal entities such as fire, police, government buildings and other information as overlays to the map.

https://browncounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ae44a0c299554f7ea4e2561d82700451

https://browncounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ae44a0c299554f7ea4e2561d82700451


Attachment 5: Brown County Speed Test Map This map represents public speed tests provided residents throughout Brown County. It gives a measurable indication of underserved areas. Specifically the east and south sides of Brown County

https://expressoptimizer.net/projects/WI%20Brown/speedtestmap.php

https://expressoptimizer.net/projects/WI%20Brown/speedtestmap.php


Responses are due to Brown County Purchasing Department no later than the Due Date. Prospective vendors can submit Project Information by email, DHL, FedEx, Hand Delivery, Mail, UPS, USPS, etc. Emailed Project Information:

• Email to: [email protected] • Must be clearly marked in the subject line with perspective project #2440 • Must be received, dated & time stamped by the due date

Hard Copy Project Information:

• Must be in Sealed envelope • Must be clearly marked with perspective project #2440 on the outside of the sealed envelope in the lower left-hand

corner • Must be received, dated & time stamped by the due and received at the following address:

Delivery Address for DHL, FedEx, Hand Delivery,

UPS, etc.

Brown County Clerk Project 2440

305 E. Walnut St. Room 120 Green Bay, WI 54301

Delivery Address for Mail, USPS

Brown County Purchasing Department Project 2440

305 E. Walnut St. 5th Floor Green Bay, WI 54301

Note: It shall be the responsibility of the sender to ensure vendor project information arrives by the required due date and time. Any information received after the due date and time will be rejected. When hand delivering project; prospective vendors are encouraged to verify the time on the atomic clock as this is the official time used for the receiving of all information. Time discrepancies between wall clocks, watches, cell phones, etc. will not be honored. Please make sure the outside package is clearly labeled with the project number and description of the project when mailing vendor project information via a 3rd party delivery service. This ensures the vendor project information can be applied to the appropriate project.

mailto:[email protected]

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